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Transcultural Nursing Certification Commission (TCNCC) Certification Commission Update September 2007 and Bios The Transcultural Nursing Certification Board of Directors have been hard at work over the past year revising the certification process for acquiring certification in transcultural nursing (TCN). This report will review our progress. The Curriculum Committee met several times during the past year and developed a broad content outline covering the field of transcultural nursing. This outline includes definitions of major terms, domains of interest, core competencies for each domain, and an extensive reference list and bibliography. The curriculum committee submitted the outline to a panel of international TCN experts for review and the outline was revised based on their responses. The content outline was presented to the Transcultural Nursing Society Board of Trustees and approved for use as the foundation for the revising the certification examination. The Transcultural Nursing Scholars have agreed to coordinate the development of a TCN core curriculum book which will be the basis for a study guide to prepare for taking the certification examination. The Evaluation/Test Development Committee met in June 07 to coordinate the development of a revised certification exam based in the TCN content outline. The committee members wrote test items based definitions, domains, and competencies in the content outline developed by the curriculum committee. References from published TCN literature were identified to support each test item. A call for test item-writers went out to all certified transcultural nurses (CTNs). If you are a CTN, and would be willing to write questions (each item writer will only be asked for 10 questions over a 2 month period), please contact Mary Simpson at msimpson@pc.edu We urgently need your contribution in this most important phase of this project! The Eligibility/Credentialing Committee has begun to develop criteria for the portfolio of evidence that must be presented and approved to be eligible to take the certification examination. The Recredentailing/Recertifiction Committee is working closely with the Eligibility Committee to coordinate the development of criteria for recertifying CTNs. It is important to note that all current CTNs will maintain their certification until the work of this committee is complete.The Finance and Grants committee is making plans to submit applications for funding to support the work of the TCNCC as soon as the revised certification examination is completed. A cultural competence grant proposal was submitted to the Health Resources Services Administration (a United States federal government organization) by the University of Michigan-Flint and Madonna University with the Transcultural Nursing Society in December 2006. The grant was not funded but the proposal will be resubmitted in December 2007. The revised certification exam will be piloted in spring/summer 2008 and be offered to eligible candidates by fall 08. The content outline will be available to assist candidates in preparation for the fall 08 exam. A curriculum book is also in development . The TCNCC Board, committee members, and I pledge to continue to work hard to complete the revision of the TCN certification process including the revised examination. Any questions regarding the current or future TCN certification process should be directed to Lisa Dobson: ldobson@madonna.edu . Respectfully submitted by Marilyn McFarland, TCNCC Chair with the assistance of committee chairs as noted below.
Dr. Marilyn McFarland: Chair
Dr. Priscilla Sagar, Chair Eligibility and Credentialing Committee Members: Stephen Marrone, Rose McEldowney, Paula McGee, Akram Omeri,Arlene Farren
Maj Helen Nyback, Chair Recertification Committee Members: Cheryl Elhammoumi, Karrie Ingalsbee, Lynn Kennel
Dr. Susan Mattson, Chair Curriculum Committee Members: Marty Douglas, Dula Pacquiao, Marge Andrews, Josepha Campinah-Bacote, Sandy Mixer, Mary Simpson, Ann Hubbert, Marilyn McFarland, Priscilla Sagar, Hiba Alamah
Dr. Mary R. Simpson, Chair Evaluation
Dr. Patricia Vint, Chair Finance and Grants Committee Members: Marge Andrews
Beth Rose, Chair Marketing and Public Relations Committee Members: Hiba Alamah
Dr. Beverly Horn—Ad Hoc Member
Transcultural Nursing Certification Commission Board of Directors Chair:
Marilyn McFarland,
PhD, APRN-BC, CTN Marilyn R. McFarland, PhD, APRN-BC, CTN received her doctorate in nursing with a focus in transcultural nursing under the mentorship of Dr. Madeleine Leininger at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan (USA) in 1995. Dr. McFarland has directed her professional work toward the care and study of elders from diverse cultures throughout the USA. She is a Certified Transcultural Nurse, a former editor of the Journal of Transcultural Nursing, and is active internationally in the Transcultural Nursing Society. Dr. McFarland teaches transcultural nursing courses and presents her research findings about the culture care of elders locally, nationally, and worldwide. She is a family nurse practioner and has recently accepted an appointment as an associate professor of nursing at the University of Michigan-Flint, Michigan (USA). Dr. McFarland actively pursues the goal of integrating transcultural knowledge into advanced practice nursing clinical contexts. Marilyn R. McFarland Associate Professor of Nursing PhD in nursing Wayne State University, 1995 Master of science in Nursing, Wayne state university, 1982 Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Wayne State University, 1969 Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate, Saginaw Valley State University, 2005 Accomplishments; A successful 38 year marriage A satisfying profession as a nurse educator, practitioner and researcher Publication of 2 nursing text books in the past 5 years; one on transcultural nursing and one on nursing theory
Eligibility and Credentialing: Priscilla L. Sagar, EdD, APRN,BC, CTN
Priscilla L. Sagar is an associate professor of nursing at Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, New York. She holds certification as a clinical nurse specialist in Adult Health from the American Nurses Credentialing Center and as a transcultural nurse from the Transcultural Nursing Society. She is a site evaluator for the Commission of Collegiate Nursing Education. Dr. Sagar received the bachelor of science in nursing from Philippine Women’s University, the master of science in adult nursing minor in education from Pace University, and doctor of education from Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research areas of interest are transcultural nursing; international nursing; and collaboration, partnerships, and mentoring connections. Recertification: Maj Helen Nyback RN 1980, PHN 1983, HVM 1994, RT 1998, Graduate
Certificate in Transcultural Nursing 2002, CTN 2002 Head
of Degree Programme in Nursing at Swedish Polytechnic, Finland Doctoral student
since1999 at Åbo Akademi Special comission
Responsible for the cooperation with Curriculum: Susan Mattson,
RNC, CTN, PhD, FAAN
Dr.
Susan Mattson received her BSN in 1968 , her MSN in Maternal Child Nursing
in 1974 and an MA in Anthropology in 1975 all from CA State University in
Los Angeles. Her PhD in Education is from Claremont Graduate University. She
has held staff and manageridal positions in several institutions, and has
been teaching in baccalaureate and master's degree nursing progams since
1979. She is currently Professor in the College of Nursing and Healthcare
Innovation at Arizona State University.
Dr.
Mattson has authored numerous articles and made many presentations at
regional, national and international venues on aspects of transcultural
nursing and its application in practice and research. She continuously
speaks on and promotes cultural competency and responsiveness in health care
professionals. Her research has primarily focused on Southeast Asian and
Mexican American populations, most recently examining the phenomenon and
potential interventions surrounding intimate partner violence in the Latino
community. She is the co-editor of the 3rd edition of AWHONN's Core
Currciulum for Maternal Newborn Nursing, of which the 2nd edition
was translated into Spanish and is being used throughout Central and South
America. In all editions, she authored chapters on Ethnocultural
Considerations of Childbirth, and Intimate Partner Violence in Pregnancy.
Evaluation: Dr. Mary Rado Simpson Mary Rado Simpson has been a member of the Transcultural Nursing (TCN) Society for 20+ years. She has received a TCN Graduate Student Research Award, presented at TCN conferences, and served as Nominations Committee Chair. Mary holds a BSN from Western CT State University and an MSN and PhD in nursing from the University of Kentucky. Her area of research is cancer, spirituality, and Appalachian culture. Mary is currently the Chairperson of Nursing at Pikeville College in Pikeville, KY. Finance and Grants: Dr. Patricia Vint Marketing and Public
Relations Position: Elizabeth Rose, RN, MBABeth Rose is the Director of Nursing of Phoenix Home Health Nursing Services in Phoenix, Arizona. She has more than 25 years of varied healthcare experience as a clinician, entrepreneur, a senior healthcare executive, informatics and a Consultant. Her diverse experience has spanned the areas of performance improvement, revenue enhancement and operational efficiency improvement in several hospitals in the U.S. and International. Beth Rose is committed to nursing in many ways – as her career, passion and joy. She was the Founder and the Founding President of the following organizations: the Philippine Nurses Association of Arizona (PNAAZ), the Transcultural Nursing Society of Arizona (TNSA), and the Global Caring Nurses Foundation. She has contributed countless hours to starting and running these non-profit organizations and saw the growth of PNAAZ to over 100 members. She was instrumental in the viability and visibility of the local chapters and has led numerous fund raising activities. Beth is also a Board member of the Philippine Nurses Association of America and the Vice-President of the East Valley Chapter, Arizona Nurses Association.
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